#5FB9E9#5FB9E9

#5FB9E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.110 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB9E9
RGB	rgb(95, 185, 233)
HSL	hsl(201, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 20.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -13.10, -32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 34.62, 247.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0646 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.11 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7707, 43.0105, 83.4391)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB9E9 #E98F5F

analogous

#5FE9D4 #5FB9E9 #5F74E9

triadic

#5FB9E9 #E95FB9 #B9E95F

tetradic

#5FB9E9 #D45FE9 #E98F5F #74E95F

square

#5FB9E9 #D45FE9 #E98F5F #74E95F

split-complementary

#5FB9E9 #E95F74 #E9D45F

monochromatic

#197FB5 #29A1E2 #5FB9E9 #95D1F0 #CBE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#5FB9E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#5FB9E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB9E9

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB9E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB9E9	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb9e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 185, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.110 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cef0',
    500: '#5fb9e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb9e9;
$custom-light: #97cef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb9e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.87,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7492,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB9E9

secondary

#EACBBA

accent

#540DD8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB9E9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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